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Psychology reflects our contemporary values, mores, and beliefs. It is culture-bound and period-specific, not a science by any extension of the word.
Presentism (a type of anachronism) is the imposition of current ideas, values, knowledge, and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the past.
Example of Cyrus
author: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones title: Persians: The Age of the Great Kings publisher: Basic Books
Example of Picasso
author: Kate Bryan title: The Art of Love: The Romantic and Explosive Stories Behind Art's Greatest Couples publisher: White Lion Publishing
Semantic change (diachronic linguistics): pejoration and melioration
Examples of nice, silly
Nice meaning a person was foolish to meaning that a person is pleasant
Silly from meaning that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated.
author: Michael Barone title: Our First Revolution publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Example of whigs and tories
Narcissist and psychopath being glamorized (“high-functioning” “positive adaptations”)
Persistent misinformation, myths, and legends
Example of freshwater sharks
author: David Shiffman title: Why Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the World's Most Misunderstood Predator publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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